The ladies--Heaven bless them!--are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.
William Makepeace ThackerayShe lived in her past life — every letter seemed to recall some circumstance of it. How well she remembered them all! His looks and tones, his dress, what he said and how — these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that were left her in the world.
William Makepeace ThackerayKindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
William Makepeace ThackerayTo see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
William Makepeace ThackerayThis Bouillabaisse a noble dish is - A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never could outdo; Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, garlic, roach, and dace; All these you eat at Terre's tavern, In that one dish of Bouillabaisse.
William Makepeace Thackeray